Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced raising the retirement age of state government employees to 62 years from the current 60 years. He, however, did not disclose details of this decision. There are about 5 lakh regular government employees in the state. The Congress, accusing the government of "deceiving" the state's unemployed youth by increasing the retirement age, demanded that such youths be given a "berozgari bhatta" (unemployment allowance).